Where does “ombrage” come from?

ombrage (Middle French) comes from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus, from Latin -aticus, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ombrage (Middle French): umbrage

Definitions

  1. umbrage

Ancestry of “ombrage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchombrageshady
2LatinumbrāticusFound in the shade
3Latin-aticusUsed to form adjectives indicating a relation to...
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ombrage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin -aticus →